Chapter 120 "So Fast!"

Shi Feng looked at the Soul of the Tyrant that had appeared before him in the blink of an eye, and his expression couldn't help but darken.

Although he had known for a long time that he was no match for an 80th-level Mythic monster, he had not expected the Soul of the Tyrant to be so swift. Even he, a Tier 2 class equipped with fragments of Legendary items and further enhanced by bloodline, could only barely catch a glimpse of the Soul of the Tyrant’s figure…

Without waiting for Shi Feng to prepare his defenses, the Soul of the Tyrant raised one hand high, causing the surrounding mana to surge. A cyan-colored lightning blade formed in its hand, which it then slashed down fiercely at Shi Feng.

Wherever the lightning blade passed, the air was directly split in two, as if a thin sheet of paper had been cleaved, without a sound. Or rather, the speed was so fast that even the speed of sound couldn't keep up.

Shi Feng knew that he wouldn't have time to defend with his sword. If he were hit, he would surely die instantly. At the critical moment, Shi Feng used Divine Shadow Step, instantly creating ten doppelgangers to perform a shadow swap.

Just as Shi Feng completed the swap, the doppelgangers were cleaved in two by the Soul of the Tyrant. A thin line was left on the stone floor, extending fifty yards away, before Shi Feng even heard the sound of the air tearing.

Just one strike.

Shi Feng even had the illusion that this strike had directly divided the entire space into two layers…

Looking at the Soul of the Tyrant in its dark-gold divine-patterned armor and jet-black crown, Shi Feng even doubted whether the Soul of the Tyrant before him was truly just a Mythic monster.

Mythic monsters were indeed powerful, possessing superb base stats, but their combat skills were generally only at the level of ordinary experts, around the fifth floor of the Trial Tower. However, the Soul of the Tyrant before him had a level of combat skill approaching the Subtle Realm. Its movements had no wasted motion, and coupled with its extreme speed, even a group of Tier 3 players would probably be slaughtered, leaving nothing behind.

Shi Feng didn't dare to waste time. If not for Divine Shadow Step, he would have been instantly killed long ago.

Immediately, Shi Feng rushed towards the spiral staircase, using the ten doppelgangers to attract the Soul of the Tyrant.

The doppelgangers had no attack power and were invulnerable. No matter how the Soul of the Tyrant attacked, they would be fine. Using them to hold back the Soul of the Tyrant for a moment was definitely not a problem. After all, no matter how strong a monster was, its intelligence was far inferior to NPCs, let alone players.

In an instant, Shi Feng shook off the Soul of the Tyrant.

However, before he could take a few steps, the nine wandering souls rushed up.

Nine 80th-level High Lords, even Shi Feng couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

Fortunately, due to the Gale Domain, the speed of the wandering souls was greatly suppressed, unlike the Soul of the Tyrant, which was hardly affected.

With the wandering souls' speed reduced, and Shi Feng activating the Gale Domain to greatly increase his own speed, he was faster than the wandering souls. Facing their attacks, Shi Feng directly activated Sword's Orbit, dodging while approaching the spiral staircase.

Although the combat skills of the nine wandering souls were far inferior to the Soul of the Tyrant, their combat level was still at the fourth floor of the Trial Tower. Ordinary experts would still be instantly killed by them.

Shi Feng was barely able to evade the wandering souls' attacks by relying on his speed advantage and control of the surrounding environment. However, there were too many of them, and even Shi Feng couldn't block them all. He could only rely on Sword's Orbit to endure the attacks he couldn't dodge.

However, the closer Shi Feng got to the spiral staircase, the more times he was hit.

The number of times Sword's Orbit could defend was decreasing.

Ten times… eight times… five times…

Seeing that the defense count of Sword's Orbit was about to run out, but he was still more than twenty yards away from the spiral staircase, and the nine wandering souls had given up on close combat and were directly using magic attacks.

Instantly, dozens of Shadow Blades formed in mid-air.

“They even know Shadow Judgment, the fastest of the Tier 3 spells?” Shi Feng frowned.

Magic spells had different strengths, weaknesses, speeds, and cast times.

Shadow Judgment was one of the fastest Tier 3 spells, but its power was very small. It couldn't do much damage to monsters or players of the same level, but it was fatal to lower-level players, not to mention that nine wandering souls were using it simultaneously. Even Tier 3 players could be instantly killed.

Under the control of the wandering souls, these Shadow Blades shot toward Shi Feng one after another.

The speed of these Shadow Blades was not comparable to ordinary magic missiles. They were like laser beams. By the time one's eyes noticed them, they could only see a black shadow flashing past.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

The moment the Shadow Blades arrived, Shi Feng directly switched places with the Phantom Kill doppelganger, instantly appearing on the other side of the spiral staircase.

The replaced doppelganger was instantly killed by the Shadow Blades and dissipated.

“That was close!” Shi Feng looked at the doppelganger, which had no power to resist, and felt relieved. If it had been him, he would have had no choice but to use the Seven Luminaries Ring's Absolute Domain to defend. But if he used Absolute Domain here, he would be powerless even if he reached the magic crystal treasure chest.

The doppelganger was killed, and the wandering souls quickly rushed toward Shi Feng's real body on the other side, but they were too far away from Shi Feng. Before they could reach the spiral staircase, Shi Feng had already rushed up the spiral staircase and headed toward the top floor.

Besides, Shi Feng's speed was originally faster than the wandering souls. No matter how hard they chased, the distance between them only grew larger. They watched as Shi Feng stepped onto the top floor of the square tower.

“As expected, it’s not locked!” Shi Feng looked at the magic crystal treasure chest placed in the center of the square tower, and his heart filled with joy.

Before coming, he couldn't be sure whether the magic crystal treasure chest would be locked. However, the magic crystal treasure chests he knew had never been locked. But those magic crystal treasure chests were engraved with silver magic runes. As for whether the golden magic crystal treasure chest would be locked, he wasn't sure.

Immediately, Shi Feng rushed to the magic crystal treasure chest. The nine wandering souls had just arrived at the top floor. Looking at Shi Feng in front of the magic crystal treasure chest, they couldn't help but let out angry roars. The sound echoed throughout the entire square tower, causing the Zero Wing members and White Tiger Dojo students resting one hundred yards away from the square tower to tremble.

"What's going on?"

"Look, Guild Leader has reached the treasure chest!"

"Wait a minute, there seem to be monsters."

"No way, those are nine 80th-level High Lords!"

Everyone looked at the wandering souls rushing toward Shi Feng, their eyes wide open. They had originally been excited that Shi Feng could obtain the magic crystal treasure chest, but now they only felt regret.

80th-level High Lords. Even if they all went together, they probably wouldn't be enough for one wandering soul to fill its teeth. Now that nine had appeared at once, who could resist?

Seeing that the nine wandering souls were less than ten yards away from Shi Feng, the corners of Shi Feng's mouth slightly curled up.

“Unfold! Triple Flame Barrier!”

Shi Feng unfolded the Tier 3 magic scroll and finally finished chanting the activation incantation.

Instantly, emerald-green flames formed beneath Shi Feng's feet, directly turning into walls of flame that formed a pyramid, enveloping Shi Feng within.

The magic attacks of the nine wandering souls that bombarded Shi Feng were directly burned to ashes by the emerald-green flames. Even the weapons in the wandering souls' hands were melted by the flames' high temperature when they collided with the flame walls. The power was stronger than Shi Feng had imagined.

Shi Feng didn't dare to waste time. The Triple Flame Barrier's defense time only lasted for thirty seconds, which was normally just enough time to open the treasure chest.

Immediately, Shi Feng clicked on the magic crystal treasure chest, attempting to open it.

Immediately, a system prompt appeared before Shi Feng's eyes, stating that opening the magic crystal treasure chest would take thirty seconds. This made Shi Feng breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing that the progress bar had not even lasted for three seconds, a flash of lightning appeared at the spiral staircase.

As the lightning dissipated, the figure of the Soul of the Tyrant appeared.

At this time, the Soul of the Tyrant's eyes glowed with scorching fire, and its entire body was faintly surrounded by golden lightning currents, as if it were the embodiment of lightning. It directly waved its hand, writing divine runes while chanting an incantation.

A magic array covering a radius of one hundred yards formed above the sky, and liquefied plasma, like small mountains, quickly formed in mid-air. Under the guidance of the Soul of the Tyrant, they fell like raindrops toward Shi Feng.